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In this article, we will cover pay-for-reporting (PFR) in detail. This article is Part 2 of our 6-part series simplifying alternative payment models in healthcare. If you missed Part 1, or want to jump around to other parts of

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Alternative Payment Models (APMs)

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Alternative Payment Models Made Simple: Overview (Part 1 of 6)

Traditional fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement programs are being rapidly replaced with alternative payment models (APMs). In the FFS model, private and public payers reimburse healthcare providers and institutions based on their consumption of

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Payer Value Proposition

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Value-Based Healthcare

Proving Value to Payers, Lessons from Pharma, PART 3 of 3: Product Differentiation

In this article, we continue our exploration of how pharma builds and proves value for the payer audience. In PART 1, we saw how to "make it matter" to payers. We learned that

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Payer Value Proposition

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Value-Based Healthcare

Proving Value to Payers, Lessons from Pharma, PART 2 of 3: Class Differentiation

We are continuing to explore a textbook case of how pharma proves value to the payer audience. This is PART 2 in a series of 3 articles exploring a textbook case

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Value-Based Healthcare

Proving Value to Payers, Lessons from Pharma, PART 1 of 3: Make it Matter

Do you know how the pharmaceutical industry (i.e., "pharma") proves value to payers? They've been doing it for decades to help sell billions of dollars of medication. Once they convince payers their

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Payer Value Proposition

Value-Based Healthcare

Grow Your Reimbursements with a Payer Value Proposition

Dealing with payers can be painful for providers! You deliver healthcare services, and then have to fight tooth-and-nail for every dime you are owed. Unfortunately, payers have created a complicated reimbursement system,

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Outcomes Research

What is Outcomes Research, and Why Should it Matter to the Practice Owner?

Have you heard the term “outcomes research”? Sure, it might be an interesting scientific discipline in medicine… but why does that matter to your medical practice? Simple… Because it matters (in a big

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Health Economics

Outcomes Research

What is Health Economics, and Why Should it Matter to the Practice Owner?

Have you heard the term “health economics”? Sure, you kind of understand what it might include, but did you realize that it is actually an entire scientific discipline? Moreso, did you realize

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Health Economics

Outcomes Research

What is Market Access, and Why Should it Matter to the Practice Owner?

Do you ever consider your medical practice as part of the healthcare “market?” If not, you should start. Why? Because payers look at you that way… And payers represent a lot of your

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Value Vitals - Drug Pricing Policy Should Penicillin Cost 2 Million Dollars

Value-Based Healthcare

Drug Pricing Policy: Should Penicillin Cost $2,000,000?

Recently, I attended an oncology medical conference that reminded me about the importance of understanding the role of drug pricing policy. Needless to say, there was a lot of discussion about the high cost of

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